Rehabilitation Medicine

I. Basic Overview, Qualifications and Honors of the DepartmentZhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University Department of Rehabilitation Medicine is a key discipline of Fujian Province and a comprehensive rehabilitation medicine base integrating medical care, teaching, and scientific research. The department has consistently implemented the medical policy of “Rehabilitation services for everyone,” and all medical indicators have reached the level of rehabilitation medicine discipline management of domestic tertiary hospitals. The department was established in 2010 and has continuously expanded and upgraded along with the overall development of the hospital. In June 2025, the inpatient ward of the former Jinbang Branch was relocated in its entirety to the hospital’s main campus; in October 2025, Rehabilitation Medicine Ward 2 was officially established; in February 2026, the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Rehabilitation Medicine Center was officially inaugurated. Core department personnel hold positions in academic organizations at the national, international, provincial, and municipal levels more than one hundred times in total. Several serve as chairpersons, deputy chairpersons, and in other important positions of the Rehabilitation Medicine Specialized Committees of Fujian Province and Xiamen City, among others, and possess strong industry influence on academic society platforms at the national and provincial levels. II. Core Scope of Diagnosis and TreatmentThe department comprehensively provides rehabilitation treatment for diseases of all internal medicine and surgical systems under an integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine model, serving various patient groups with functional impairments and requiring functional recovery, and providing standardized and systematic rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment services. Key areas of advantage include rehabilitation for neurological diseases, rehabilitation for orthopedic diseases and sports injuries, and rehabilitation for geriatric diseases, while also covering rehabilitation for internal medicine diseases, postoperative rehabilitation, pediatric rehabilitation, and other diseases suitable for rehabilitation.1. Rehabilitation for neurological diseases: Motor, speech, swallowing, and cognitive impairments caused by various neurological disorders, including stroke, craniocerebral injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and peripheral nerve injury;2. Rehabilitation for orthopedic diseases and sports injuries: Functional impairments of the musculoskeletal system, including cervical and lumbar spine disorders, osteoarthropathy, various conditions after fracture surgery, artificial joint replacement, ligament repair, rotator cuff injury, and foot and ankle injuries;3. Geriatric rehabilitation: comprehensive functional problems in older adults, such as geriatric cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cognitive decline, fall risk, chronic pain, osteoporosis, and comorbid frailty; 4. At the same time, it undertakes rehabilitation for internal medicine diseases, postoperative rehabilitation after surgery, pediatric rehabilitation, and rehabilitation for other types of conditions requiring functional reconstruction. III. Featured Subspecialties and Core Technical Strengths The department has established a comprehensive rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment system that deeply integrates modern rehabilitation technology with traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation. Relying on specialized treatment areas and equipped with advanced rehabilitation assessment and treatment devices from China and abroad, it provides precise and efficient rehabilitation medical services for the vast number of patients. Modern Rehabilitation Technology System The department is equipped with a complete set of modern rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment methods, fully covering the entire rehabilitation process. 1. Rehabilitation assessment: A digital assessment system is used to conduct three-dimensional gait analysis and plantar pressure testing, while completing comprehensive functional assessments of cognitive function, swallowing function, speech function, motor function, occupational ability, and other dimensions, providing an objective basis for developing individualized rehabilitation plans. 2. Functional training and treatment: Physical agent therapy, exercise therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, dysphagia treatment, and cognitive impairment treatment are routinely provided. The department is equipped with specialized devices such as an upper-limb robotic system, a body-weight-supported gait trainer, a comprehensive hand-function trainer, upper- and lower-limb exercise rehabilitation training equipment, an extracorporeal shock wave therapy device, and cognitive rehabilitation training and assessment equipment, enabling intelligent and precise functional training. 3. Rehabilitation engineering support: The rehabilitation engineering room is used to provide configuration and adjustment of rehabilitation assistive devices. Combined with hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatment, this meets patients’ diagnostic and treatment needs at different stages of rehabilitation. Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Features The advantages of traditional Chinese medicine are fully utilized to routinely provide traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation programs such as acupuncture, tuina, Chinese herbal fumigation, and traction. These are administered in coordination with modern rehabilitation technology to further improve the efficacy of functional recovery.IV. Multidisciplinary MDT Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment and Whole-Course Management The department follows a diagnostic and treatment model of “early rehabilitation intervention, comprehensive rehabilitation, and home rehabilitation” and has established a full-cycle rehabilitation management pathway covering the acute, recovery, and maintenance phases of disease. 1. Early intervention: The department coordinates with all clinical departments in the hospital to initiate rehabilitation interventions promptly once the patient’s condition has stabilized, thereby minimizing residual functional impairment. 2. Comprehensive assessment: Based on a multidimensional assessment of the patient’s functional status—including motor, cognitive, speech, swallowing, and activities of daily living abilities—an individualized rehabilitation plan is developed. 3. Full-cycle continuity: Building on standardized in-hospital rehabilitation, the department provides home rehabilitation guidance, establishes a seamless connection between in-hospital and home-based rehabilitation, helps patients restore physical function and improve their quality of life, and supports their successful return to family and society. The department has specialized diagnosis and treatment facilities, including a physical therapy room, occupational therapy room, swallowing and speech therapy room, rehabilitation assessment room, rehabilitation engineering room, hyperbaric oxygen chamber, and acupuncture and tuina room, providing the necessary infrastructure for full-process rehabilitation services. V. Talent and Expert Team The department has a professionally skilled medical team with a well-balanced structure and a well-developed talent development system. It currently has more than 60 professional and technical personnel, including rehabilitation physicians, therapists, and nurses; 9 hold senior professional titles or higher, and 14 hold master’s degrees or higher. The team encompasses rehabilitation physicians, rehabilitation therapists, and rehabilitation specialist nurses across all roles and possesses standardized, protocol-driven rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment capabilities. Hong Wenxin, academic leader and chief physician, specializes in neurological diseases such as migraine, peripheral facial paralysis, stroke, and sequelae of craniocerebral trauma; locomotor system disorders such as cervical spondylosis, cervical and lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, and acute and chronic ankle sprains and contusions; ophthalmic and otolaryngologic diseases such as strabismus, pseudomyopia, tinnitus, aural fullness, and deafness; obstetric and gynecologic conditions such as menstrual irregularities and postpartum hypogalactia; and surgical and internal medicine disorders such as postoperative intestinal adhesions and spleen and stomach disorders;Acupuncture and tuina manual therapy for pediatric conditions such as cerebral palsy and enuresis in children; skilled in developing personalized acupuncture and tuina diagnosis and treatment plans. Academic appointments: Member of the Needle-Knife Medicine Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, member of the Tuina Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, council member of the Fujian Acupuncture Society, member of the Special Committee on Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of the Fujian Rehabilitation Medicine Association, deputy chair of the Rehabilitation Medicine Branch of the Xiamen Medical Association, and executive council member and deputy secretary-general of the Xiamen Acupuncture Society. 林瑛, Chief Physician, chief physician in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Xiamen University Zhongshan Hospital, member of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Quality Control Group of the First Committee of the Professional Committee for Hyperbaric Oxygen Rehabilitation of the Chinese Rehabilitation Medicine Association, member of the First Committee of the Professional Committee for Hyperbaric Oxygen Rehabilitation of the Chinese Rehabilitation Medicine Association, council member of the Seventh Council of the Fujian Rehabilitation Medicine Association, deputy chair of the Professional Committee for Hyperbaric Oxygen of the Fujian Rehabilitation Medicine Association, member of the 8th, 9th, and 10th committees for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Fujian Medical Association, member of the First Committee of the Geriatrics Branch of the Xiamen Association of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and member of the expert database for technical appraisal of medical accidents and medical damage of the Fifth Xiamen Medical Association. Has long worked in the hyperbaric oxygen specialty clinic, participated in consultations within and outside the hospital, undertaken emergency rescue work for critically ill patients, and participated in large-scale government-mandated support operations, specializing in the treatment of acute carbon monoxide poisoning, acute craniocerebral injury, acute spinal cord injury, replantation of acutely amputated fingers/limbs, idiopathic sudden deafness, and other diseases. Outpatient information: 洪文新, 林瑛, Monday to Friday, outpatient clinic of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1st floor, Building 4. VI. Coordinated Development of Medical Care, Education, and Research The Department of Medical Services strictly follows the management standards for rehabilitation medicine departments in tertiary hospitals when conducting clinical work, takes the restoration of patients’ function as its core, and relies on a comprehensive technical system, advanced equipment, and specialized facilities to provide high-quality rehabilitation services integrating traditional Chinese and Western medicine for patients with various functional impairments.The department has 80 open beds, an annual outpatient volume of approximately 25,000 visits, and a bed utilization rate that has remained above 95% over the long term. All diagnostic and treatment indicators meet the standards for rehabilitation medicine departments in tertiary hospitals. Teaching and training: As a comprehensive rehabilitation medicine base integrating medical care, teaching, and scientific research, the department undertakes teaching in the rehabilitation medicine specialty and provides theoretical instruction and practical clinical skills training for interns and trainees receiving further education. The department is a physician training base for the rehabilitation medicine specialty in Xiamen and also serves as a basic training center for the Zhi “Ji” Youth Hundred-City Program. Scientific research and innovation: Focusing on the needs of clinical rehabilitation, the department conducts scientific research. Team members actively participate in academic exchanges at national and international levels and at various provincial and municipal levels, promote the optimization and dissemination of rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment technologies, develop a modern rehabilitation system integrating medical care, education, and research, and rank among the leading institutions in the region in terms of technical strength. From 2020‑2026, the department obtained a total of 9 approved scientific research projects, including 2 at the national level, 4 at the provincial level, and 3 at the municipal level; published 13 SCI papers, 9 of which had an impact factor exceeding 5, and its scientific research achievements ranked first among rehabilitation medicine departments in Xiamen. Ongoing national-level scientific research project: Study of the neurorehabilitation mechanism by which functionally localized cerebellar TIS improves speech disorders in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia; first principal investigator: 林清; project period 2024‑2027; project-awarding institution: National Natural Science Foundation of China. VII. Summary of the department’s core strengths 1. Clear qualifications and positioning: a key discipline in Fujian Province and a comprehensive rehabilitation medicine base integrating medical care, education, and research; all medical management indicators meet the standards for rehabilitation medicine departments in domestic tertiary hospitals. 2. Solid service capacity: adequate staffing, with stable operational indicators such as the number of beds, outpatient volume, and bed utilization rate; complete specialized treatment facilities; and three clearly defined areas of strength—neurological disorders, orthopedic sports injuries, and geriatric rehabilitation—fully meeting the rehabilitation care needs of the regional population.3. Well-developed technical system: Establish a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment system integrating modern rehabilitation with traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation, equipped with multiple sets of intelligent rehabilitation assessment and treatment equipment from China and abroad to provide precise rehabilitation care.4. Complete talent structure: The team has a scientifically structured distribution of professional titles and educational qualifications; key discipline personnel hold important positions in academic organizations at all levels, demonstrating strong professional and technical expertise.5. Clear service philosophy: Adhere to the policy of “Rehabilitation services for everyone,” implement a service model of early intervention, comprehensive rehabilitation, and home-based rehabilitation, and make helping patients restore function and return to their families and society the core objective.VIII. Department VisionThe department will continue to refine and improve its rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment service system, enhance its rehabilitation medical service capabilities, further develop its distinctive integrated Chinese and Western medicine rehabilitation services, and optimize the full-cycle rehabilitation management pathway. It is committed to providing patients with high-quality, precise, and efficient rehabilitation medical services, helping more patients with functional impairments restore bodily function, improve their quality of life, and return to their families and society, while advancing toward the goal of establishing a leading integrated Chinese and Western medicine rehabilitation medical center in southwestern Fujian and making continuous contributions to the realization of “Rehabilitation services for everyone.”